IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Christina Bohannan campaign called Thursday for a district-wide recount. Marianette Miller-Meeks claimed victory on election night with around an 800 vote lead despite the Associated Press not calling the race. As of Thursday the race still hasn’t been called by the AP.

The Statement from Bohannan came Thursday morning:

Over the past week, Iowa election officials have worked tirelessly to count and record hundreds of thousands of ballots in Iowa’s 1st congressional district race, resulting in a razor-thin margin. As Rep. Miller-Meeks has acknowledged, a recount is to be expected in this very close race. To be absolutely certain that every voter is heard, the Bohannan campaign will request a recount in all 20 counties across the district, as permitted by Iowa law. We have full trust in this process and will accept the results regardless of the outcome. All Iowans should feel confident that at the conclusion of this transparent, precinct-level recount process, every lawful vote will be counted and reported accurately.

Christina Bohannan campaign

On Thursday the Iowa Secretary of State’s office received recount request notifications from two counties, Johnson County and Jones County. No word on when, or if, these recounts will start.

Voters on the streets of Iowa City were in favor of the votes being recounted.

“I don’t think there’s a problem in recounting. Like if she wants to recount then might as well recount especially since it is such a close race right now,” said Vaira Ahmad, of Iowa City.

“I don’t think it will change anything,” said Liam Horem, a student from Homer, IL.

“I think she should recount because it wouldn’t hurt and I think it’s a really tight election and any vote would matter so, I think they should recount,” said Gary Winthorpe, of Iowa City.

Latest Iowa News: